Mounting structures for electrical conductors.



F. 000K. MUNTING STRUCTURES FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS.

APPLYICATION FILED DEC. 26. |914.

. 1,161,192; Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

- i To all whom it may 'eoncemf f Be. it known that I, FRANK B. COOK,

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FBANK B. COOK, oF CBI'CAGO, ILLINoIs, AssIGNOR To FRANKB. cool; COMPANY,or

` CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION oF ILLINO n.1.

MOUNTING s'inucrrmans'l Fon AELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS.

citizen of the'United States, residing at Chicago,l in the county 'ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Mounting Structures for Electrical Conductors, of whichthe 'fols` lowing is a full, clear, concise, and exactdescription,Vreference vbeing had to the accoinspecification. f'

panying drawings, 4,forming apart of this :My invention relates to'.electrical convductors in comhinatioi ith insulating inountingstherefor and'has'for one ofjits objects the provision of an improvedfornia riding tlie'iiiountings` with intcrengaging iects the provisionof a construction whereby"y conductors may initially be mounted in tionsnach individual to a Contact spring` ably applied thereto by beingmolded tlicrei coniiion strip of insulating i'iia'tciial desirahout andwhich conductors, with portions of the strip individual thereto, mayreadily 'De separated 'to permit of the sulisequcnt assembly of the.conductors in intended rela-A In accomplishing this object of myinvention I weaken this strip of 'insulation between adjacent conductorsSo that'the strip may readily lie separated into sections each carryingn. conductor, cach section therefore constituting an. insulatingmounting for the conductor. The weakness in the strip of insulatingmaterial is der rahly effected liy locating weaioiied lines lietw ni:adjacent conductors, these lines being desirallly foi-ined in then'ioliliiig operation.

I will explain my invention more fuily hy reference to the accompanyingdrawing showing the preferred embodiment thereof and iii which- Figure lis a perspective View illustrating the inyentioii; F'g. 2 is sisectional View on line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Fig. 4is :i view on line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a view on line 5 5 of Fig.3; Fig. 6 is a perspective View; and Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line7 7 of Fig. G.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe difi'erent I Specification of Letters Patent.

of similar formation.

rtact springs or other electrical conductors is l .-The electricaliconductors illustrated it!y `the forni of similarly sliapedcontactsprings y 1 which` may be assembled" in switching' mechanism. oneforniof jswitcli beingillustrated in Fig. G; The invention, however, isnotl to be limited to the mountingof' switch contacts nor to electricallconductors A row of these conloca ted in a suitableinolding machinewhich sulating material around base poi-tions of the with openings 3therethrough .whereby the inl sulixting material not only surrounds thecom' tion .1' of the iiiountings Awhereby the con-` 'ductors may-'veryfrezidily' bc fnsseinbleddini'f' sets, this result being accomplished bypro-"1f tact springs but is also passed therethrough metal. The inold inwhich thcstrip 'of insulation is forincd vproduces weakenedA lines orvslots 4 in each broad 'face of theijstrip,

'-.vweakcned-jlines upon one side of fthe strip:

being inf the saine planes with weakenedlines upon the other side of the'strip whereby the strip may readily lie separated into secnuiv beplaced in a rile with the weakened Eines in sui'ierposvd icliitioiiwhereupon a su may readily he passed tlirouglitli'e piles of. sti-ips attheir ecukenwl lines.

The sections of insulating material me. provided with formations whichwill intv t* engage when the .sections :are piled upon cach oth( r :isindicated in Fig. '7, the iiitis'engage nient et' the indii'idualiiiouiilings ci' the springs readily doiiniiig the relative positions ofthe .springs and their individual ziigs in :lic initial :isscinhly ofthese parts into a switch structure hereafter such pnrtsiinny' readilybe iiiisintnincd in :isst-.m1 bly by :isnita'nlc clzniiping device.Interengaging formations which -I have illustinted are the shortcylindrical projections 5 upon one side of each individualmounting andcylindrical.recesses (3 upon the opposite sido of such mounting that:ire of a depth and diameter equal to the height und diameter of theprojections .'i, these formations being' dcsirably effected in themolding Operation. I preferably employ two projections 5 land tworecesses G for. cach individ ual niountingLone projection and one recessIPatented NOV. 1915. 'Applicationfiied nember 26,1914. ser11 no.s19,oas.

- `will enable the formation ofva strip 2'of in-" 20 -vidual mounting'sare 5 assembled being located in axial alinement at each end of themounting. Inasmuch as all individual lmountings are formed alike theeonduc torsindividually held thereby may readily 5 be brought intosuitable relation by piling p the mountings upon each other with the projections 5; upon each mounting inserted within theirecesses 6.of theadjacent mounting in the pile. The projections 5 upon thediiferentfmountings are similarly disposed withjrespect toeach other"and the -recesses 6 -in eaehf mounting are similarly disposed. Aftersuclrready assembly of the parts has .beenefi'ected a` clamping devicemay be em- 15 Eloyedgtov hold `them together, a clamping z oltf:'1jbeingj preferred.v Each individual mounting hasv arr-opening 8,theseopenings beingfsimilarly located in the different mountingsi-andbeing alined when the indiin piles to he L; Qpling -8 ,l in each e ablyAconcentric ljvith the middle opening', gfh; eontactjspring held by,suh,.`mountin'g anda's tlieopenin 8 is 25f smaller 'than such middle opening3 sullgieient insulationremains within vsuch middle Aopenfing to takepart in positioning:`1;\ the spring withrespect toc-*this mounting.' i'i I l/Vhilez I have herein shown and particugglarlyjdescribed thepreferredpmbodirnent of my invention I donot'wish to be limited to u theprecise details ofconstruction shown as a row of conducting strips; andsulating material molded about portions of said conducting strips, therebeing weaken- Y ing slots in said strip of insulating material on bothsides thereof and between the conchanges may readily be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention but Having thus described myinvention l claim as new and desire to' serine by .Letters Patent thefollowingz- A 1. An article of manufacture comprising a plurality ofconducting strips; and insulating material molded about portions of saidstrips,v there being weakening slots in the insulating material betweenthe conducting strips.

An article of manufacture comprising a row of conducting?r strips; anda. strip of insulating material molded about portions of said conductingstri ps, there being weakening slots in said strip of insulatingmaterial between the conducting strips.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a. strip of in ducting strips. v

Inwitness whereof, I. hereunto subscribe my name this twentifourth dayof December, A. D. 1914;

v Fili-1NR B. COOK. `Witnesses C. C. NEWBURN, JNO. F. Tonia-uns.

